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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-03-05, Page 3News and Views PHOTO BY DAVID SCOTT NURSES TRAIN ON DIALYSIS - Back row, left: Seaforth community hospital RN's Bev Smith and Judy Lamont, and Seaforth Manor RN's Cathy Broome, Tracy Gerber and Joanne Ryan (absent) received training on the operation of portable peritoneal dialysis machines prior to Mary McFadden's (front row, seated) retum from St. Joseph's in London. Dialysis training at manor BY JOANNE RYAN Living with chronic renal failure constitutes a major change in lifestyle and an integrated system of care delivery helps minimize any obstacles that may occur. Before Mary McFadden came to the nursing home, she was doing her own dialy- sis treatment. When she had a stroke, she required hospital- ization. While Mary was in St. Joseph Hospital (SJH) in London the staff at Scaforth Community Hospital (SCH) began to prepare for Mary's admission back to the com- munity hospital to be close to her hushand and family. Staff at SCH were given training in dialysis at SJH and when Mary was stable she was - transferred back to Seaforth. The next step in the inte- grated care delivery was to plan when she could join her hushand Ralph in the Seaforth Manor Nursing Home. Three registered nurs- es from the home also went to St. Joseph's for training in dialysis care and when Mary was able to join Ralph in the home, Louise Huyge (head nurse of the dialysis unit at St. Joe's) came to give fur- ther training and thus assisted with the smooth transition. Dr. Woldnik also assisted in making the transition plans. it has been a positive expe- rience both for Mary and Ralph and the staff of the SCH and Seaforth Manor. It has accomplished the corpo- rate vision of the home by recognizing current trends and care in health care, adapting to thc resident's needs and responding to fam- ily and community expecta- tions. Integrated care delivery ensures a smooth transition and in turn enhances the quality of life. Mary's machine - nick- named "Florence" for Florence Nightingale - is a CCPD unit, meaning a con- tinuous cycling peritoneal dialysis. This allows Mary to have complete freedom all day long, a more liberal diet and the machine basically fills and drains while Mary sleeps, which in turn gives Mary a quality of life that doesn't interfere with her activities during the day. Alternative benefits customer CONTINUED from page 1 proposals to the ministry was Feb. 28 (last Friday), but MacKenzie was of .the opin- ion that forwarding it by mid- March was also enough time. "It's kind of a moving tar- get," he said of the deadline. MacKenzie explained that it's difficult to know exactly what the government is plan- ning, but said with the municipal restructuring already underway, the two will likely work hand-in- hand. Study Began in November A comprehensive study was given approval in November 1996 to explore four possible alternatives in an effort to combine and/or amalgamate the existing 17 municipal electric utilities, plus the Ontario Hydro rural service area. The first alternative studied would divide Huron -Perth into eight utilities. The sec- ond considered having four utilities, the third would sec two utilities - one for each county, while the fourth alter- native would have one utility serving the two counties, All four options were reviewed by Scaforth PUC's three commissioners. A unanimous vote by the three officials was received in favour of alternative three. Tom Phillips, Scaforth PUC manager, who did note vote, said the option chosen by Huron -Perth utilities will work because of the "strong working relationship between the two counties." "The hest benefit for the customer was alternative three or four. I think it's good people can work this well together and come up with an option." The study was based on 1995 rates. "It's all figures. We had to sec what it would be like to take over the rural arca, what rate to charge and what benefit there was to the customers," said Phillips. The on-going meetings with Huron -Perth utilities are a proactive approach to plan- ning heforc the government possibly decides to dictate change to utilities. "We felt we had to get some information together. We've had discussions, we have a plan in place. We're working on it and will con- tinue to work on it. This is just the first phase. The next is a business plan," said Phillips, who was at the MEA annual meeting Monday and Tuesday in Toronto. Competition for Hydro The MEA is proposing their own model of supplying electric power to Ontario which breaks away from Ontario Hydro and creates one power pool with one operator. With 307 distribu- tion utilities in the province now, it is certain they will be smaller because there will be fewer municipalities. MacKenzie said the gov- ernment is expected to com- ment anytime on the Macdonald Report, which essentially calls for the absorption of Ontario Hydro into the local utilities, and the distribution of power reorga- nized at the local level. Unfortunately, he added, Ontario Hydro has a different view of the shape of restruc- turing, and has made life dif- ficult for those utilities work- ing to restructure. No Guarantee There is no guarantee that Ontario Hydro will even deal with the public utilities in these restructuring matters, which adds to the overall confusion. The business plan of Ontario Hydro is threefold, MacKenzie nc:ed—grow in the generation, transmission and distribution of power— "and there's only one way to grow in distribution and you people are it." On thc other hand, he added, "you've made an excellent start" by proceeding with a study, and "should be applauded for taking the ini- tiative." MacKenzie notcd that there are also 50 studies underway across the province similar to the Huron -Perth one, so oth- ers are also working towards the same thing. The utilities also agreed to send letters to each town and township council in both counties informing them of their decision, and making them aware that officials will be available for any further discussion. McKillop man sentenced to 12 months BY CARLA-ANN OUD SSP News Staff A 21 -year-old. McKillop Township man was sentenced to 12 months in jail for six charges relating to possessing stolen property and theft, in Goderich Criminal Court Feb. 17. Mark Keddy pleaded guilty to break, enter and theft; theft under $5,000; possession of stolen property under $5,000; possession of stolen property exceeding $5,000; an attempt to steal under $5,000 and a breach of probation. Court was told, Sebringville OPP were called to a Logan Township home Nov. 30 for a break and enter. They scared Keddy and other youths from the home. The group took some items from the home. On Dec. '13, Keddy and another person drove away with a 1986 pick-up truck from the driveway of a Clinton residence. When they abandoned the vehicle, the other person set fire to it. On Nov. 13 and 14, the accused and another person had a vehicle stolen from the Clinton area. It was later found demolished and engulfed flames in Stephen Township by Exeter OPP on Dec. 14. The fire was set by the other person., Between Dec. 13 and 14, CONTINUED on page 5 1 Professional drillers must do welvork CONTINUED from page 1 The wells have to be "over- drilled" and grouted from the bottom. "Our staff cannot do this work. It must be done by a professional driller. As some of these wells are within the active landfill site it is impor- tant they are done properly and that a full-time inspec- tion is carried out, the results recorded and included in the 1997 annual report." The total cost for drilling, supervision and inspection is estimated by Conestoga - Rovers at $7,525. The work should be completed some- time between mid-April and mid-July of 1997, according to the consulting engineers. Cleaned Silt from Pond Upon scanning the 1997 MHLS board budget for a final time, Bill Teall of Seaforth had a question regarding equipment rental of $3,358 in 1996 compared to the $1,000 which was bud- getted. "Is the problem solved now')" asked Hunter. "It gives it an outlet. It (water) soaks into the ground. There must have been a metre of silt in the bottom. Water couldn't get through to the gravel." "All ponds have to he cleaned out once in a while," said Cox. "If we couldn't keep the water levels down, we were going to have to pay money for the engineers to design an overflow ditch through the bush," said Postill. McLeod questioned the $13,800 allotted for recycling in the 1997 budget. "We didn't chip any wood (last year) but we will this fall," said Postill. Promotion raises money for hospital Total Image II of Main St., Seaforth recently donated $614.37 towards the purchase of heart equipment for Seaforth Community Hospital as part of its Valentine's Day promotion. February 26 Ex -Files: Spotted Mistakes: I) Page 1 - "presses" should be "pressed" - Judy Lamont 2) Page 6 - "these" should be "this" - Marg Henderson 3) Page 1 - "municipal rev- enue L. Seaforth" should be "in" - Dolly McQuaid ,NI HURON UPONTOR. 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